Milestones Of Human Advancement

Today’s word is bolloxology.
Ladies, prepare to be educated on your womanhood.

Some news from the prison hulk formerly known as Hong Kong*, this is what a mate of mine had to purchase so his little girl can learn to play the flute.
https://www.tomleemusic.com.hk/en/products/silica-clean-face-mask-flute-grey
*well, you can leave, but getting back in requires (as I found earlier this month) 3 days hotel quarantine, 6 PCR tests and 11 lateral flow tests.

“One baby stroller full of fire, please”
I believe that’s the standard unit of fire in Scotland. It’s purchased by the baby stroller.
That way, you can take it home and boil water.

Unfortunately, right now I am identifying as a person with a tibial plateau fracture in my right knee. Ha, just kidding, I actually do have said injury and must keep all weight off that leg for six weeks. Just want to say, your links are helping to keep me sane since inactivity is maddening (as is this contraption of a brace I am forced to wear).

Ladies, prepare to be educated on your womanhood.
It’s just getting insulting now.

It’s just getting insulting now.
But, but… he’s going to “educate, empower and inspire girls to be tomorrow’s confident and curious women.” Presumably by showing them that literally anyone can do it.

“It is a kind of territorial display, like a cat urinating. They signal that it is inconceivable for a person with ordinary, widely held opinions to enter the arts world. It is for The Good People with the correct thoughts, however bizarre or outlandish. Anybody else: back off! If you work in the arts and think the wrong thoughts, better keep quiet.”
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-ordinary-people-cannot-enter-the-arts-world

Can’t she just have a heart attack and get it over with?
I take it you weren’t made more sympathetic to her, er, cause? It is rather like watching someone self-harm, albeit in slow-motion. And yes, Ms Rashatwar does have several health problems, including high blood pressure and other heart-related issues, all of which she blames on – wait for it – “white supremacy.” She also complains that her food costs aren’t sufficiently subsidised by the taxpayer.

[Glares darkly, making indecipherable Scotch noises.]
Someone fetch me a baby stroller. In case Sam wants to make a cup of tea later.

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It’s age-restricted, so we cannot see it if we don’t have Twitter accounts. 🙁

Here you go.
Thanks.
Crazy Scots will have to work harder to beat the crazy San Franciscans and crazy Los Angelenos.

@mc The Flute Player’s Mask
As a further indication of the lunacy of Hong Kong, I love the comment at the end of the marketing spiel (which also contains a wealth of bloopers):
This mask prevents the spread and inhalation of droplets, and has no effect such as “preventing coronavirus” “removing coronavirus”.
・ Wearing this mask does not completely prevent the infection of the new coronavirus.

There are some morning reads that bring a smile to my face — this one from a good dose of schadenfreude.

David, have you considered organizing a Burning Pram festival?

Darleen: ’There are some morning reads that bring a smile to my face…’
It’s lovely to see reality administer a swift correctional, isn’t it?

There are some morning reads that bring a smile to my face…

“Crime is an abstract term that means nothing in a lot of ways,” said Sky.

You have to wonder exactly how much well-cushioned wafting through life must have occurred in order to mouth these things and not blush.

“Crime is an abstract term that means nothing in a lot of ways,” said Sky.
Her eventual collision with reality is likely to be bone-crushing.

“said Sky”–let me stop you right there. Anyone named “sky” is going to spout gibberish. No need to read it except for entertainment.
The guy organizing the panthers is hilarious. He was part of Occupy Wall Street, an inherently anarchist operation. He has been part of the problem. People respond to incentives. If there is no punishment for crime, then at least a portion of the population will do crime, and some will do serious crime, with impunity. There needs to be punishment. His use of the “talking stick” example didn’t even work at Occupy.

“indecipherable Scotch noises”
Decipherable Scotch noises.

Aliens vs. Predators is not a movie about illegal immigrants hunting down rapists. I stand corrected.

Thank you.

modern-day cannabis testing methods, like oral swabs – which, of course, are not
a highly offensive invasion of workers’ personal bodily privacy

do–and be seen doing–the things you want them to do
While this is true, I think setting and enforcing expectations is also key. I have a number of friends who seem oblivious to the fact that their pre-adolescent children are not small adults and are motivated very differently. The result is that said children have become rude little monsters.
Thank you.
It’s been pointed out elsewhere that the buried lede here is that the President of the United States got stuck in traffic without his lead or follow cars. This is an absolute security disaster and in a real administration heads would roll over this.
Because dopers are just like everybody else and their off-the-job drug use cannot affect their on-the-job performance
If it’s legal, it’s legal. The legal framework around impairment and employers’ vs. employees rights isn’t going to be all that different from being drunk on the job. It’ll take a while to work out the corner cases. This is mostly a holdover from the reefer madness scare tactics of the War on Drugs.

It’s been pointed out elsewhere that the buried lede here is that the President of the United States got stuck in traffic without his lead or follow cars. This is an absolute security disaster and in a real administration heads would roll over this.
Yes, I noticed that as well. The focus of concern seems to be elsewhere. Which is why I think that story is bullshit made up by the White House to cover for the numerous reasons why they didn’t want Brandon in a more visible location at the funeral. I doubt the Secret Service, nor the UK equivalent, would have stood for such a thing as a POTUS stuck in traffic. While traveling in Budapest then Prague we were detained from crossing roads on two occasions because the president of New Zealand (or maybe Australia…I get their flags mixed up) was passing through. Don’t know the specific of where Air Force One would have landed relative the where the funeral was taking place but it seems like were traffic even remotely a factor, a helicopter would have been used to bring him much closer. Surely they can land one at Buckingham Palace. I presume the funeral was at Westminster. That’s what? A few city blocks as I recall. Maybe a mile? I’m fairly certain we walked between the two.

While this is true, I think setting and enforcing expectations is also key.
Strongly agree.

Isn’t it supposed to be spelled ‘Skye’? Or is that too pretentious? Or Celtic cultural appropriation? Though if she’s actually Celtic of some sort, not spelling it that way would be playing the chameleon? Questions for Summer, I suppose.

Speaking from personal experience, they are different.
While I am inclined to agree more with the no-different-than-alcohol-when-legal argument, I have noticed among many of my long-time dope smoker long-time (until recently) friends that there seems to be a hair-trigger excessive anger response to often the slightest irritation. Not all, not even most, but relative to how mellow these people were when I knew them years ago, it is noticeable in quite a few of them. I’ve speculated that it might be a psychological result of spending way too much time in their drug induced haze such that they cannot handle having to deal with the slightest unexpected occurrence. Might be chemical as well. Don’t know if there’s been any research on this that would be trustworthy either way.